Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 5PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.5
SW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1616161616181818181715151516161616161616161678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1291321792712783954044913953812361812324124124124124073972842842806811518
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
40
S
30
S
35
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.97
4:32AM
1.23
8:06PM
1.02
5:49AM
1.22
8:25PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37AM
0.08
10:42PM
0.94
12:33PM
0.05
12:18AM
0.87
1:19PM
0.02
1:20AM
0.74
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:37-------7:37----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------221---111111-11122
Temp. °C14161616151515141515161514141313131515149121212
Feels °C (?)15161514141313121311109910101099863444
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